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ReviewNutrition & metabolism2025

Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) supplementation: a review of its mechanisms, health benefits, and role in sports performance.

Mateusz Sprengel, Radosław Laskowski, Zbigniew Jost

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Review in Nutrition & metabolism, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Efficacy and safety of Ashwagandha (Journal of medicine and life · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mateusz SprengelFaculty of Physical Culture, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdansk, Poland.
Radosław LaskowskiDepartment of Physiology, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdansk, Poland.
Zbigniew JostDepartment of Biochemistry, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdansk, Poland. zbigniew.jost@awf.gda.pl.

Funding

National Ministry of Science NdS-II/SP/0077/2024/0
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) gained a lot of interest as an adaptogen, aiding sleep, stress management and presenting health and sports-related benefits. Although clinical effects have been previously reviewed, the specific mechanism of Ashwagandha's action and its impact on different aspects of physical performance, body composition, as well as medical effects need more thorough analysis. Therefore, this narrative review delves into the available research examining the effects of Ashwagandha supplementation on such qualities as: strength, endurance, power, recovery, muscle mass, body fat, fertility, anxiety, metabolic health and aging, with additional focus on potential mechanisms underlying these effects. Moreover, we propose future perspectives based on the gaps observed in Ashwagandha research up to date.

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AnxietyEnduranceFertilitySleepStrengthStress

Identifiers

PMID39910586
PMCPMC11800443

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